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Twitter: @JackiePettus
Jackie Pettus is the founder of Habitudes.info, a web service offering household record keepers, charts and checklists that are stored "in the cloud." Notoriously organized, Jackie created Habitudes with know-how gained from 32 years worth of "household management" experience. Jackie is the mother of three and lives in San Francisco.
I launched my online family organizer three years ago. When I was just starting out I contracted with a development company to create the Habitudes.info website as well as the household record keeping software it offers. Everything was great until the website and ap ... Read more...
My 34-year-old son is an avid reader. He loves it so much he even makes his living in the book world. I can't take credit for that, but I always thought reading to the kids every night at bedtime had some influence on their reading habits as adults.
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It used to be easy to close a letter.
For business or mere acquaintances, "Sincerely" covered everything.
For the rest, it was "Love."
Somehow, that doesn't work as well in an email.
"Sincerely" sounds, well, insincere. And antiquated. Read more...
Today I caught myself actually enjoying gassing up the car at the station. It made me think of mom. She passed away four years ago at the age of 95 and had lived alone since she was 85, when dad died. We made her give up her driver's license at 93, so for two years ... Read more...
My husband was raised Catholic and I Lutheran, but religion isn't a big part of our day-today lives.
His family was more concerned about where we were married than I, so I agreed to be married in the Catholic Church. For the 'privilege' I had to promise ... Read more...
Last summer my Swedish cousin and his wife were incredibly generous, hosting my daughter and her boyfriend while they were visiting Stockholm. In return we invited them to stay with us at our vacation home in the Napa Valley this September. I knew my cousin would li ... Read more...
The first time I saw a therapist I was 18 years old. I had been in the passenger seat in two car crashes my senior year of high school and another the first few weeks of college.
I started having anxiety attacks every time I got into a car, couldn't sleep a w ... Read more...
I just returned from a great week at Calistoga Ranch, a resort in the Napa Valley. This cute little duck was floating around the pool. It brought back happy childhood memories. I could practically smell the plastic and hear the squeaking as my chubby little arms rub ... Read more...
I majored in Advertising/Journalism in college. Part of the requirement was to complete a 6 week internship. Thinking I wanted to write fashion advertising, I applied to my favorite San Francisco apparel store and was thrilled to get the "job". But not for long. The ... Read more...
We have good friends who live a block away. Until last week, we hadn't seen them in over a year. We ran into them at a fundraiser. "We never see you guys anymore!" they exclaimed. "Let's get together." It's probably not going to happen. Why? My husband and I don't a ... Read more...
